What you need to know

Did you know that Pennsylvania is offering the shingles vaccine to seniors ages 60 and older if it isn't covered by their insurance?

If you or someone you know is eligible for this free shot, visit the Pennsylvania Department of Health in Monroe County, 1972 W. Main St., Suite 102, Stroudsburg, or contact them at 570-424-3020. For those in Pike County, visit the state health department in Pike County at 10 Buist Road, Suite 401, Milford, or call 570-296-6512.

East Stroudsburg S.D. offers tech workshop

East Stroudsburg Area School District will host a Community Technology Outreach workshop from 9 to 11:30 a.m. April 22 at the Technology and Learning Center behind J.T. Lambert Intermediate School, 2002 Milford Road, East Stroudsburg.

The eTeam, a group of technology-savvy high school students, will host the hands-on workshop geared toward adults who want to understand better the tools of this generation.

Workshop topics will include:

iPad and Apps: Revisited. Learn how to use them in daily life with your smartphone, tablet and more.

Borrowing Locally. Learn what our local library has to offer digitally: books, magazines and more. Local library director will share all the library has available.

Digital Photo Organization. Learn how to take those pictures out of your camera and store them in an organized and safe fashion.

GPS Navigation. Are you directionally challenged? A Global Positioning System can get you there, no problem.

One-to-One Assistance. The eTeam members are ready to assist you with your individual technology needs.

The workshop is free and open to the adult population of Monroe County and beyond. Light refreshments will be served during registration from 9 to 9:30 a.m.

Participants are encouraged to bring their personal devices for individualized, specific instruction.

Wayne County Area Agency on Aging will hold its monthly PrimeTime health program from 11:30 a.m. to noon at the Honesdale and Hamlin senior centers.

The agency's guests will be Susan Bochnovich, MSPT and Sabrina Bernardi-Slezak from Physical Therapy Associates Inc. of NEPA, ptinnepa.com.

The program in Honesdale is scheduled for today, while the program in Hamlin is scheduled for Thursday.

Bochnovich, from the Hamlin clinic, will give a talk on "Keeping Yourself Healthy," discussing the importance of wellness and exercise, balance and gait, and neck and low back pain.

For information, call 570-253-4262 or visit aging.co.wayne.pa.us.

Class keeps seniors in the driver's seat

The Wayne County Office on Aging is sponsoring the AARP Driver Safety Program, formerly known as "55 Alive."

The AARP Driver Safety Program is a classroom refresher/defensive driving course open to all drivers age 50 and older. There are no tests, and membership in the AARP is not required.

Cost is $14 per person for nonmembers and $12 for AARP members, which must be paid in advance. Make checks payable to AARP. AARP members must have their membership number at class time.

First-time participants must take the eight-hour course, which is given in a two-day period in two four-hour sessions. People taking the four-hour class must furnish evidence of taking the eight-hour class within the past 36 months.

People who complete the course will receive a certificate, valid for three years. All automobile insurance companies doing business in Pennsylvania are required by state law to give an additional discount of at least 5 percent to all qualified policyholders who take this course. Check with your insurance agent to make sure you qualify.